Community

Harbor Towne Gifts and Souvenirs, of Oswego, has once again made a donation to the annual bazaar to be held by the Oswego Hospital Auxiliary. The local business has donated Department 56’s Christmasland Tree Toppers, which is part of the North Pole series.

Allen Boyce told the members of Lake Ontario Royal Arch Masons about the strange case of William Morgan.

Thousands of Price Chopper Supermarket teammates, customers and trade partners throughout the regional chain’s six state footprint (NY, VT, CT,MA, NH, and PA) supported the company’s annual campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, raising $1,172,323 for local individuals living with neuromuscular diseases.

Volney Elementary School recently held a special recognition ceremony for students in the school to honor those students selected by their teachers for working hard to improve and modeling the school’s motto of “Do your best!”

Several students at Volney Elementary School were recently selected by their teacher as best exhibiting September’s character attribute of respect.

Breast Cancer Awareness month is under way and on the very first day of October the Oswego Middle School staff became actively involved in the effort. Visitors to OMS will see a bit of pink in many of the staff member’s hair in recognition of their involvement to increase awareness of the tragic results of breast cancer.

Now in its eighth year at SUNY Oswego, the project is part of an annual statewide community-service project by Student-Athlete Advisory Council chapters at all 11 SUNY Athletic Conference colleges.

It’s not too late to sign up for a Digital Photography class this Saturday with professional photographer Jim Russell. He will discuss the various settings found in digital cameras, how to take a good photo and how to import photos from your digital camera onto your computer.